China Segment

Whenever a customer or potential customer walks into a store, restaurant, food court or other establishment in China, the local staff are instructed to say 欢迎光临 (huanying guanglin, welcome). Which naturally is a good, friendly way to greet people.
Or so it would seem.
Unfortunately, 欢迎光临 is one of the most awful sounding phrases I’ve ever heard. [...]

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It’s on.
Well, not really. Tissues win out in China, hands down. Unfortunately.
What I mean is that it’s hard to find actual napkins in the typical restaurant in China. If they give anything, it’s a tissue. In fairly standards large restaurants they give you a whole package including a wet cloth for [...]

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Not only is Shanghai now swimming with Papa Johns locations, (giving us a much better option than Pizza Hut, which is always swarming with people), they are actually showing that yes, they do care.
When the delivery guys come to your home, if you speak (or appear) Chinese, they will ask if you have any garbage [...]

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